Revolving around Hum’s concept of Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine , the festive event introduces two lectures on “Making vegetarian practice into medicinal” and “On bodily purification with vegetarian practice” by Dr. Prof. Lương Lễ Hoàng*, a venerable medical doctor with more than 40 years experience on treatments using combined Eastern and Western medicines.

- 13th September, 5.30pm - 6.30pm:

“Making vegetarian practice into medicinal”

- 14th September, 5.30pm - 6.30pm:

“On bodily purification with vegetarian practice”

The evening will see exciting performances by culinary artisans and experts who have been contributing to enrich Vietnamese Vegetarian Culture over the years. Guests will enjoy not only the wonderful dishes but also get to know how they are made. To name a few:

Autumn Moon invites Ms. Bui Thi Suong, Culinary artisan, Vice Director of Vietnam Culinary Conservation, Research and Development Centre to advise and help craft a menu in which signature Hum dishes are paired with specialties from the regions along Vietnam, creating a harmonic culinary melody.

Guests will enjoy selective grilled items, lovely appetizers, and a number of deserts representative of the many cultures, from cities, towns, to villages along Vietnam. The invited artisans also offer special dishes such as Fig salad from the Royal Court, jicama pho from Que Son province, mushroom lolot roll in sesame sauce, Hanoian matrimony pastry, mixed young rice from Tra Vinh, etc… to please the Guests’ tastebuds in different ways.

Hum will save a section of our tranquil garden exclusively for the performances and exhibitions of flower arrangement and tea tasting - the delicate forms of art for the elegant eyes and the quiet minds.

Needless to say this festive event offer the children a joyful corner too. As the juniors come in they would receive magical gifts: Mid-Autumn hats, sculpted vegetables, and more! They will enjoy Salted Plum and Ambarella sorbet, created with love for the kids in all of us. They will then discover special

goodies just like in the old days - little flower puppies, cakes and pastries of wonderful colors! All await them to discover!

The seniors will have a relaxing night as music weaves into the dinner, giving a pace to the culinary performances, and then softens as the evening progresses. Towards the end one could feel the quietude of the night draping around. Leaving the festive night everyone would receive a gift, a bamboo basket with selective pastry desserts. Every festive occasion deserves a sweet note, and sweet it shall be!

A festive event to celebrate healthy vegetarian cuisine, Autumn Moon wishes to also be a time for family gatherings, to share with each other a warm dinner as well as the beauty of Vietnamese vegetarian culture. Mid-Autumn in agriculture tradition is after harvest time, thus implying hopes for a prosperous future. We would also like that this festive event convey the warmest wish to our guests, for everyone to have quality time with one another so that comes a new day, it will be full of energy and good thoughts